Lego 2K Drive impressions — The joy of running over everything
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It took me a few seconds to learn how to drive in Lego 2K Drive, the new game coming from Take-Two Interactive’s Visual Concepts studio. And it was a few more seconds before I started running over everything in sight — from Lego characters who were propelled into the air on contact to lamposts that blew apart into various Lego pieces.
So the developers had the right idea when they designed their first open-world driving game in the long-running Lego video game franchise. Take-Two’s 2K did a decent job of keeping a lid on this one, which was in the works for nearly five years at Visual Concepts in Novato, California. Interestingly, this game wasn’t made by longtime Lego partner TT Games.
The game debuts on May 19 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. It costs $60 and up.
As noted, it’s a joyful game where you can just free roam and run over everything, or a competitive game where you can race against others in a kind of clickity-clack Mario Kart-style game. The fun is in building any vehicle, driving any where and then becoming a Lego racing legend. The open world is huge and it comes with different biomes like a desert world or a haunted ghost world.
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Lego 2K Drive will be the first release in a multi-title partnership between 2K and the Lego Group to develop triple-A Lego games. With 2K’s proven expertise in creating high-quality and engaging interactive
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